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| | *paintings: [[Salvador Dali]]'s work (including his infinite time in ''[[The Persistence of Memory]]''), and other [[Surrealism]] such as ''Mama, Papa Is Wounded!'' (1927);<ref>https://www.history.com/topics/art-history/surrealism-history</ref> | | *paintings: [[Salvador Dali]]'s work (including his infinite time in ''[[The Persistence of Memory]]''), and other [[Surrealism]] such as ''Mama, Papa Is Wounded!'' (1927);<ref>https://www.history.com/topics/art-history/surrealism-history</ref> |
| | *movie titles: as in ''From Here to Eternity'' (1953), ''Avengers: Infinity War'' (2018), ''Infinity'' (1996), and the TV show ''Forever'' (2014-15); | | *movie titles: as in ''From Here to Eternity'' (1953), ''Avengers: Infinity War'' (2018), ''Infinity'' (1996), and the TV show ''Forever'' (2014-15); |
| − | *understanding other terms: infinity helps define other terms concisely, such as "open circuit" (infinite resistance); and | + | *understanding other terms: infinity helps define other terms concisely, such as "open circuit" (infinite resistance); |
| | + | *[[Abraham Lincoln]]: "Surely God would not have created such a being as man, with an ability to grasp the infinite, to exist only for a day! No, no, man was made for immortality";<ref>https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/abraham_lincoln_121271</ref> and |
| | *in [[infinity in engineering|engineering]]: in a DC circuit, a capacitor has infinite resistance, while [[Earth]] has infinite capacitance. | | *in [[infinity in engineering|engineering]]: in a DC circuit, a capacitor has infinite resistance, while [[Earth]] has infinite capacitance. |
| | In addition, recognition of infinity — such as infinite time or infinite strength — is helpful on a personal level in dealing with adversity. Infinite time means infinite money, since time is convertible into money. [[Jesus]] often emphasized the concept of infinity in his [[miracle]]s and [[parable]]s (see below). He rejected the mistaken view of the ancient Greeks that infinity is non-existent and incoherent.<ref>{{cquote|The Ancient Greeks generally conceived of the infinite as formless, characterless, indefinite, indeterminate, chaotic, and unintelligible. The term had negative connotations and was especially vague, having no clear criteria for distinguishing the finite from the infinite.}} [http://www.iep.utm.edu/infinite/] | | In addition, recognition of infinity — such as infinite time or infinite strength — is helpful on a personal level in dealing with adversity. Infinite time means infinite money, since time is convertible into money. [[Jesus]] often emphasized the concept of infinity in his [[miracle]]s and [[parable]]s (see below). He rejected the mistaken view of the ancient Greeks that infinity is non-existent and incoherent.<ref>{{cquote|The Ancient Greeks generally conceived of the infinite as formless, characterless, indefinite, indeterminate, chaotic, and unintelligible. The term had negative connotations and was especially vague, having no clear criteria for distinguishing the finite from the infinite.}} [http://www.iep.utm.edu/infinite/] |